21 abr 2023
Human Trafficking or a Guest Worker Program? H-2A’s Systemic Issues Result in Catastrophic Violations
Resumo
Data informada: 21 abr 2023
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Outros
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Agricultura/comida/bebida/tabaco/pescaria: Geral ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 2 - México , Agricultura/comida/bebida/tabaco/pescaria: Geral , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Direito à Alimentação , Taxas de Recrutamento , Intimidação e Ameaças , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Substituição de contratos , Mobilidade restrita , Trabalho Irregular , Salário abaixo da linha da pobreza , Roubo de salários , Salário Mínimo , Acesso à InformaçãoResposta
Response sought: Não
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 21 abr 2023
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Outros
Not Reported ( Fumo ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - México , Agricultura/comida/bebida/tabaco/pescaria: Geral , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Saúde e Segurança Ocupacional , Danos , Benefício NegadoResposta
Response sought: Não
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 21 abr 2023
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Outros
Not Reported ( Agricultura/comida/bebida/tabaco/pescaria: Geral ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 50
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 50 - Localização desconhecida , Agricultura/comida/bebida/tabaco/pescaria: Geral , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: The employer was ordered to pay H-2A workers more than $200,000 in back wages.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
...Diego still struggles to find the words to describe the labor camp he was expected to call home during the spring of 2018…
There weren’t enough beds for all the men. Those who had mattresses may have actually been the unlucky ones because they were yellowing, stained, and full of ticks.
There were also snakes in the house, including one in the kitchen where the only working appliance in the whole ramshackle place was a single refrigerator that looked like it’d never been cleaned.
There was no food and nowhere for Diego and his best friend Mario to rest their heads after a grueling bus ride from Mexico that took days longer than it should have and depleted the little money they had. The labor camp was the second blow they’d received since arriving in this place they called Carolina del Norte. The first came a couple of hours earlier.
H-2A workers often have confusing employment arrangements in which they are jointly employed by a labor contractor and a grower or farm. This was true for Diego and Mario, but effectively their primary boss was a young Mexican-American labor contractor…